Eric Pulier, ServiceMesh, at EMCWorld2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
Host John Furrier had the pleasure of having Eric Pulier (Chairman & CEO) of ServiceMesh stop by theCUBE on day one of EMC World 2013 to chat about enterprise cloud, the focus of applications to ServiceMesh's success, and the importance of software-led infrastructure (SLI) to its goals. ServiceMesh is positioned squarely in the Cloud IT Transformation corner, and can tout savings to companies anywhere from $100 million to $1 billion annually. CIO's are jumping on board it's unified platform approach to IT-as-a-Service.
The competitive landscape of DevOps is ripe, and Pulier sees an important factor from the market being: how do you create an automated DevOps tool chain, or infrastructure automation? People are focusing on both, but the core of it all, says Pulier, is a policy problem. Cloud infrastructure business entities want to scale quickly, with the ability to provision real-time applications. Pulier summed it up: when companies can finally, "treat code as first class."
ServiceMesh's road to enterprise cloud
ServiceMesh had a very unique road to the powerful, albeit unknown, leadership it has in the enterprise grade cloud management space. It was a long time coming, according to Pulier, who says ServiceMesh spent over a half of decade building an application it thought would be fundamentally important to the space. In layman's Terms: ServiceMesh made an all-in bet that web services, now known as API's, would be the future.
It didn't approach that firmly-placed stake in the ground from a consumer or infrastructure perspective, it approached it from an application perspective. By on-boarding and diving really deep with highly complex multi-national companies, ServiceMesh worked the opposite way of most start-ups. A complete 180 from the typical model: funding, high-spend marketing dollars, and test cases/demonstrations. As John Furrier coined, "You went to where the puck was coming."
A key takeaway I had from Pulier's interview was ServiceMesh's dedication and highlighted importance of applications to the success of the cloud and its business model. The policy-based framework addresses enterprises' governance and security needs. Shadow IT, businesses competing with a different number of constituents, is great. But CIO's don't support Shadow IT, it's not governed. Business get mandated in new markets, and external convenience and agility is now actively being moved internal.
ServiceMesh is creating a service offering where it is a cloud broker that can deliver IT as a service, in essence becoming the middle man (by removing the need for one). In creating an ecosystem of providers, the cloud flourishes. An example Pulier shared was one particular banking client it has that it was able to save in the range of $100 million to $1 billion dollars. As he described it,
"With the cloud model you have more standardization and flexibility...The only place you want human intervention is when they are going back to approve something...We replaced humans with policies (the sticky points)...Version, change, manage centrally with end-to-end provisions."
Economics is one heck of a great proof of concept.

Eric Pulier

Early life and education

Pulier was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey. He began programming computers in the fourth grade and started a database computer company in high school. Pulier began studying at Harvard University in 1984. He majored in English and American literature, was an editor and wrote a column for The Harvard Crimson, and took classes at neighboring school MIT. He graduated magna cum laude in 1988.

Career

Pulier moved to Los Angeles in 1991 where he founded People Doing Things (PDT), a company that addressed health care, education, and other issues through the use of technology. In 1994, he founded interactive agency Digital Evolution. The company merged with US Interactive LLC in 1998. Pulier lead the effort to build Starbright World, a private social network for chronically ill children where they can chat, blog, post content and meet others who share similar experiences.

Eric

The given nameEric, Erik, or Erick is derived from the Old Norse name Eiríkr (or Eríkr in Eastern Scandinavia due to monophthongization). The first element, ei- is derived either from the older Proto-Norse *aina(z) meaning "one" or "alone" or from Proto-Norse *aiwa(z) meaning "ever" or "eternal". The second element -ríkr derives either from *rík(a)z meaning "ruler" or "prince" (cf. Gothic reiks) or from an even older Proto-Germanic *ríkiaz which meant "powerful" and "rich". The name is thus usually taken to mean "one ruler", "autocrat", "eternal ruler" or "ever powerful", "warrior", and "government".

The most common spelling in Scandinavia is Erik. In Norway, another form of the name (which has kept the Old Norse diphthong) Eirik is also commonly used. In Finland, the form Erkki is also used. The modern Icelandic version is Eiríkur, while the modern Faroese version is Eirikur. Éric [eʁik] is used in French, and in Germany Eric, Erik and Erich are used.

Although the name was in use in Anglo-Saxon England, its use was reinforced by Scandinavian settlers arriving before the Norman Invasion. It was an uncommon name in England until the Middle Ages, when it gained popularity, and finally became a common name in the 19th century. This was partly because of the publishing of the novel Eric, or, Little by Little by Frederick William Farrar in 1858.

Family reunion

A family reunion is an occasion when many members of an extended family congregate. Sometimes reunions are held regularly, for example on the same date of every year.

A typical family reunion will assemble grandparents, great-grandparents and up for a meal, some recreation and discussion. The older attendees are generally grandparents, parents, siblings or first cousins while the youngest could be second, third or fourth cousins. It is also not uncommon for regular family reunions to be sponsored by family organizations or family associations centered on a more distant common ancestor (often referred to as "ancestral family organizations") or a commonly shared surname ("single surname family organizations").

Family reunion programs

Family reunion programs are sponsored by Red Cross organizations. See the List of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) leads the international movement and which has special responsibilities under international humanitarian law.

Ciara: The Evolution

Ciara: The Evolution (simply known as The Evolution) is the second studio album by American recording artist Ciara, released on December 5, 2006, by LaFace Records. The album is separated into five sections, with each showcasing a different side of Ciara's artistry. The first features crunk&B and uptempo records, which mainly deal with feminine independence, while its successor, entitled The Evolution of Music features ballads dealing with the positives and struggles of love. The Evolution of Dance features dance tracks, The Evolution of Fashion deals with self-expression, while the last, entitled The Evolution of C, features tracks that discuss how Ciara has evolved as a person since the start of her career.

Eric Pulier

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Eric Pulier - EMC World 2013 - theCUBE - #EMCWorld

Eric Pulier - EMC World 2013 - theCUBE - #EMCWorld

Eric Pulier - EMC World 2013 - theCUBE - #EMCWorld

Eric Pulier, ServiceMesh, at EMCWorld2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
Host John Furrier had the pleasure of having Eric Pulier (Chairman & CEO) of ServiceMesh stop by theCUBE on day one of EMC World 2013 to chat about enterprise cloud, the focus of applications to ServiceMesh's success, and the importance of software-led infrastructure (SLI) to its goals. ServiceMesh is positioned squarely in the Cloud IT Transformation corner, and can tout savings to companies anywhere from $100 million to $1 billion annually. CIO's are jumping on board it's unified platform approach to IT-as-a-Service.
The competitive landscape of DevOps is ripe, and Pulier sees an important factor from the market being: how do you create an automated DevOps tool chain, or infrastructure automation? People are focusing on both, but the core of it all, says Pulier, is a policy problem. Cloud infrastructure business entities want to scale quickly, with the ability to provision real-time applications. Pulier summed it up: when companies can finally, "treat code as first class."
ServiceMesh's road to enterprise cloud
ServiceMesh had a very unique road to the powerful, albeit unknown, leadership it has in the enterprise grade cloud management space. It was a long time coming, according to Pulier, who says ServiceMesh spent over a half of decade building an application it thought would be fundamentally important to the space. In layman's Terms: ServiceMesh made an all-in bet that web services, now known as API's, would be the future.
It didn't approach that firmly-placed stake in the ground from a consumer or infrastructure perspective, it approached it from an application perspective. By on-boarding and diving really deep with highly complex multi-national companies, ServiceMesh worked the opposite way of most start-ups. A complete 180 from the typical model: funding, high-spend marketing dollars, and test cases/demonstrations. As John Furrier coined, "You went to where the puck was coming."
A key takeaway I had from Pulier's interview was ServiceMesh's dedication and highlighted importance of applications to the success of the cloud and its business model. The policy-based framework addresses enterprises' governance and security needs. Shadow IT, businesses competing with a different number of constituents, is great. But CIO's don't support Shadow IT, it's not governed. Business get mandated in new markets, and external convenience and agility is now actively being moved internal.
ServiceMesh is creating a service offering where it is a cloud broker that can deliver IT as a service, in essence becoming the middle man (by removing the need for one). In creating an ecosystem of providers, the cloud flourishes. An example Pulier shared was one particular banking client it has that it was able to save in the range of $100 million to $1 billion dollars. As he described it,
"With the cloud model you have more standardization and flexibility...The only place you want human intervention is when they are going back to approve something...We replaced humans with policies (the sticky points)...Version, change, manage centrally with end-to-end provisions."
Economics is one heck of a great proof of concept.

Eric Pulier

published: 10 Mar 2014

Eric Pulier - EMC World 2013 - theCUBE - #EMCWorld

Eric Pulier, ServiceMesh, at EMCWorld2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
Host John Furrier had the pleasure of having Eric Pulier (Chairman & CEO) of ServiceMesh stop by theCUBE on day one of EMC World 2013 to chat about enterprise cloud, the focus of applications to ServiceMesh's success, and the importance of software-led infrastructure (SLI) to its goals. ServiceMesh is positioned squarely in the Cloud IT Transformation corner, and can tout savings to companies anywhere from $100 million to $1 billion annually. CIO's are jumping on board it's unified platform approach to IT-as-a-Service.
The competitive landscape of DevOps is ripe, and Pulier sees an important factor from the market being: how do you create an automated DevOps tool chain, or infrastructure automation? People a...

Eric Pulier, ServiceMesh, at EMCWorld2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
Host John Furrier had the pleasure of having Eric Pulier (Chairman & CEO) of ServiceMesh stop by theCUBE on day one of EMC World 2013 to chat about enterprise cloud, the focus of applications to ServiceMesh's success, and the importance of software-led infrastructure (SLI) to its goals. ServiceMesh is positioned squarely in the Cloud IT Transformation corner, and can tout savings to companies anywhere from $100 million to $1 billion annually. CIO's are jumping on board it's unified platform approach to IT-as-a-Service.
The competitive landscape of DevOps is ripe, and Pulier sees an important factor from the market being: how do you create an automated DevOps tool chain, or infrastructure automation? People are focusing on both, but the core of it all, says Pulier, is a policy problem. Cloud infrastructure business entities want to scale quickly, with the ability to provision real-time applications. Pulier summed it up: when companies can finally, "treat code as first class."
ServiceMesh's road to enterprise cloud
ServiceMesh had a very unique road to the powerful, albeit unknown, leadership it has in the enterprise grade cloud management space. It was a long time coming, according to Pulier, who says ServiceMesh spent over a half of decade building an application it thought would be fundamentally important to the space. In layman's Terms: ServiceMesh made an all-in bet that web services, now known as API's, would be the future.
It didn't approach that firmly-placed stake in the ground from a consumer or infrastructure perspective, it approached it from an application perspective. By on-boarding and diving really deep with highly complex multi-national companies, ServiceMesh worked the opposite way of most start-ups. A complete 180 from the typical model: funding, high-spend marketing dollars, and test cases/demonstrations. As John Furrier coined, "You went to where the puck was coming."
A key takeaway I had from Pulier's interview was ServiceMesh's dedication and highlighted importance of applications to the success of the cloud and its business model. The policy-based framework addresses enterprises' governance and security needs. Shadow IT, businesses competing with a different number of constituents, is great. But CIO's don't support Shadow IT, it's not governed. Business get mandated in new markets, and external convenience and agility is now actively being moved internal.
ServiceMesh is creating a service offering where it is a cloud broker that can deliver IT as a service, in essence becoming the middle man (by removing the need for one). In creating an ecosystem of providers, the cloud flourishes. An example Pulier shared was one particular banking client it has that it was able to save in the range of $100 million to $1 billion dollars. As he described it,
"With the cloud model you have more standardization and flexibility...The only place you want human intervention is when they are going back to approve something...We replaced humans with policies (the sticky points)...Version, change, manage centrally with end-to-end provisions."
Economics is one heck of a great proof of concept.

Eric Pulier, ServiceMesh, at EMCWorld2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
Host John Furrier had the pleasure of having Eric Pulier (Chairman & CEO) of ServiceMesh stop by theCUBE on day one of EMC World 2013 to chat about enterprise cloud, the focus of applications to ServiceMesh's success, and the importance of software-led infrastructure (SLI) to its goals. ServiceMesh is positioned squarely in the Cloud IT Transformation corner, and can tout savings to companies anywhere from $100 million to $1 billion annually. CIO's are jumping on board it's unified platform approach to IT-as-a-Service.
The competitive landscape of DevOps is ripe, and Pulier sees an important factor from the market being: how do you create an automated DevOps tool chain, or infrastructure automation? People are focusing on both, but the core of it all, says Pulier, is a policy problem. Cloud infrastructure business entities want to scale quickly, with the ability to provision real-time applications. Pulier summed it up: when companies can finally, "treat code as first class."
ServiceMesh's road to enterprise cloud
ServiceMesh had a very unique road to the powerful, albeit unknown, leadership it has in the enterprise grade cloud management space. It was a long time coming, according to Pulier, who says ServiceMesh spent over a half of decade building an application it thought would be fundamentally important to the space. In layman's Terms: ServiceMesh made an all-in bet that web services, now known as API's, would be the future.
It didn't approach that firmly-placed stake in the ground from a consumer or infrastructure perspective, it approached it from an application perspective. By on-boarding and diving really deep with highly complex multi-national companies, ServiceMesh worked the opposite way of most start-ups. A complete 180 from the typical model: funding, high-spend marketing dollars, and test cases/demonstrations. As John Furrier coined, "You went to where the puck was coming."
A key takeaway I had from Pulier's interview was ServiceMesh's dedication and highlighted importance of applications to the success of the cloud and its business model. The policy-based framework addresses enterprises' governance and security needs. Shadow IT, businesses competing with a different number of constituents, is great. But CIO's don't support Shadow IT, it's not governed. Business get mandated in new markets, and external convenience and agility is now actively being moved internal.
ServiceMesh is creating a service offering where it is a cloud broker that can deliver IT as a service, in essence becoming the middle man (by removing the need for one). In creating an ecosystem of providers, the cloud flourishes. An example Pulier shared was one particular banking client it has that it was able to save in the range of $100 million to $1 billion dollars. As he described it,
"With the cloud model you have more standardization and flexibility...The only place you want human intervention is when they are going back to approve something...We replaced humans with policies (the sticky points)...Version, change, manage centrally with end-to-end provisions."
Economics is one heck of a great proof of concept.

Eric Pulier - EMC World 2013 - theCUBE - #EMCWorld

Eric Pulier, ServiceMesh, at EMCWorld2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
Host John Furrier had the pleasure of having Eric Pulier (Chairman & CEO) of ServiceMesh stop by theCUBE on day one of EMC World 2013 to chat about enterprise cloud, the focus of applications to ServiceMesh's success, and the importance of software-led infrastructure (SLI) to its goals. ServiceMesh is positioned squarely in the Cloud IT Transformation corner, and can tout savings to companies anywhere from $100 million to $1 billion annually. CIO's are jumping on board it's unified platform approach to IT-as-a-Service.
The competitive landscape of DevOps is ripe, and Pulier sees an important factor from the market being: how do you create an automated DevOps tool chain, or infrastructure automation? People a...

published: 06 May 2013

Laughing At Wall Street | Interview with Chris Camillo

http://www.techzulu.com
Recently when at Blog World I got an advance copy of "Laughing at Wall Street" by Chris Camillo. He teaches how to take the risk out of being risky. Where was he when I was 18 and just starting out!?
A little bit about the author Chris Camillo...Read More:
http://www.techzulu.com/social-media-trend-spotting-turns-20000-into-over-2-million

published: 07 Jan 2012

Talking Heads: Mike Lawrie of IBM (Aired: August 2002)

In this episode of Classics, NDTV caught up with Mike Lawrie, the then strategist for IBM in August 2002. Mr Lawrie spoke about the global economic slowdown and economic scandals in the US.
Watch full show: http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/talking-heads/talking-heads-mike-lawrie-of-ibm-aired-august-2002/305803

Jim Kaskade "Can Big Data Save Them?"

http://strataconf.com/stratany2013/public/schedule/detail/30419
Data and analytics is a means to an end. Jim highlights a new revolution of analytic applications with some touching examples in the healthcare industry with cancer research and medication therapy management.

Ville de Luxembourg 'Hot City' Project - Cisco ServiceMesh

www.cisco.com/go/servicemesh

published: 29 Apr 2008

Jeff Taylor - EMC World 2013 - theCUBE - #EMCWorld

Jeff Taylor, EMC, at EMC World2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
EMC aims to offer programs that are simple, predictable and profitable, says Jeff Taylor, VP of GlobalChannelStrategy and Operations.
Jeff Taylor, VP of Global Channel Strategy and Operations and Co-GM of UnifiedEntryBusiness, EMC, spoke with theCUBE hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante during EMC World this week about the transformation of EMC into a channel-friendly company.
After years of being known as a not-so-friendly channel company, the transformation occured when EMC started doing things differently. "We listen better than we have, in a structured and systematic way", admits Jeff. "We want our program and our business to be more partner-built."
Learning from partners
Twice a year EMC does partner su...

published: 06 May 2013

Mike Jones Announces Science an Accelerator and Tech Studio

http://www.techzulu.com/mike-jones-echoes-hollywood-if-you-build-it-they-will-come
Mike Jones may be known for his most recent role as CEO of MySpace, but this Internet entrepreneur is no stranger to the startup world. He's had multiple exits (his company Userplane sold to AOL for nearly $40 million and TsavoMedia drew a cool $75 million from Cyberplex) and also advises private startups.
Jones is an advocate for technology in Los Angeles, and believes if you build the right infrastructure to support early stage companies, the financing will come - from Silicon Valley and beyond. Which is why, perhaps, Jones has foregone the pure investor route to instead focus on Science, his new accelerator and tech studio in Santa Monica, California....Read More
http///www.techzulu.com

published: 18 Nov 2011

Tom Roloff - EMC World 2013 - theCUBE - #EMCWorld

Tom Roloff, EMC, at EMC World2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
Tom Roloff, the senior vice president of EMC's Global Services business, stopped by theCube at EMC World 2013 to discuss how consultancy is driving the two biggest trends in enterprise IT: Big Data and cloud computing.
SiliconAngle CEO John Furrier and Wikibon's Dave Vellante open the interview by highlighting that the company has changed a great deal since theCube's debut at EMC World 2010. Roloff agrees: in his view, EMC has transformed from a storage vendor to an IT-as-a-service provider. The executive says that his firm supplies customers with solutions to transform their own businesses, but stresses that technology alone is not enough to accomplish this goal. His division provides the know-how organizations nee...

published: 06 May 2013

Ben Kepes - EMC World 2013 - theCUBE - #EMCWorld

Ben Kepes, Diversity, Limited, at EMCWorld2013 with John Furrier and Stu Miniman.
I was extremely interested to catch the interview of Ben Kepes (Director/Principle) Diversity Limited on day one of EMC World 2013. Hosts Stu Miniman and John Furrier had a very insightful conversation asking Kepes opinion on everything from cloud migration to the changing landscape of legacy/traditional vendors. Ben is an active member of the Clouderati, a global group of Cloud thought leaders, so his opinions on the state of the cloud are ones that should be listened to very closely. Diversity is a broad spectrum consultancy specialising in SaaS, Cloud Computing and business strategy.
Can legacy/traditional vendors change they way they act in the fundamentally different world that we as technologists, ...

Eric Pulier, ServiceMesh, at EMCWorld2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
Host John Furrier had the pleasure of having Eric Pulier (Chairman & CEO) of ServiceMesh stop by theCUBE on day one of EMC World 2013 to chat about enterprise cloud, the focus of applications to ServiceMesh's success, and the importance of software-led infrastructure (SLI) to its goals. ServiceMesh is positioned squarely in the Cloud IT Transformation corner, and can tout savings to companies anywhere from $100 million to $1 billion annually. CIO's are jumping on board it's unified platform approach to IT-as-a-Service.
The competitive landscape of DevOps is ripe, and Pulier sees an important factor from the market being: how do you create an automated DevOps tool chain, or infrastructure automation? People are focusing on both, but the core of it all, says Pulier, is a policy problem. Cloud infrastructure business entities want to scale quickly, with the ability to provision real-time applications. Pulier summed it up: when companies can finally, "treat code as first class."
ServiceMesh's road to enterprise cloud
ServiceMesh had a very unique road to the powerful, albeit unknown, leadership it has in the enterprise grade cloud management space. It was a long time coming, according to Pulier, who says ServiceMesh spent over a half of decade building an application it thought would be fundamentally important to the space. In layman's Terms: ServiceMesh made an all-in bet that web services, now known as API's, would be the future.
It didn't approach that firmly-placed stake in the ground from a consumer or infrastructure perspective, it approached it from an application perspective. By on-boarding and diving really deep with highly complex multi-national companies, ServiceMesh worked the opposite way of most start-ups. A complete 180 from the typical model: funding, high-spend marketing dollars, and test cases/demonstrations. As John Furrier coined, "You went to where the puck was coming."
A key takeaway I had from Pulier's interview was ServiceMesh's dedication and highlighted importance of applications to the success of the cloud and its business model. The policy-based framework addresses enterprises' governance and security needs. Shadow IT, businesses competing with a different number of constituents, is great. But CIO's don't support Shadow IT, it's not governed. Business get mandated in new markets, and external convenience and agility is now actively being moved internal.
ServiceMesh is creating a service offering where it is a cloud broker that can deliver IT as a service, in essence becoming the middle man (by removing the need for one). In creating an ecosystem of providers, the cloud flourishes. An example Pulier shared was one particular banking client it has that it was able to save in the range of $100 million to $1 billion dollars. As he described it,
"With the cloud model you have more standardization and flexibility...The only place you want human intervention is when they are going back to approve something...We replaced humans with policies (the sticky points)...Version, change, manage centrally with end-to-end provisions."
Economics is one heck of a great proof of concept.

Eric Pulier, ServiceMesh, at EMCWorld2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
Host John Furrier had the pleasure of having Eric Pulier (Chairman & CEO) of ServiceMesh stop by theCUBE on day one of EMC World 2013 to chat about enterprise cloud, the focus of applications to ServiceMesh's success, and the importance of software-led infrastructure (SLI) to its goals. ServiceMesh is positioned squarely in the Cloud IT Transformation corner, and can tout savings to companies anywhere from $100 million to $1 billion annually. CIO's are jumping on board it's unified platform approach to IT-as-a-Service.
The competitive landscape of DevOps is ripe, and Pulier sees an important factor from the market being: how do you create an automated DevOps tool chain, or infrastructure automation? People are focusing on both, but the core of it all, says Pulier, is a policy problem. Cloud infrastructure business entities want to scale quickly, with the ability to provision real-time applications. Pulier summed it up: when companies can finally, "treat code as first class."
ServiceMesh's road to enterprise cloud
ServiceMesh had a very unique road to the powerful, albeit unknown, leadership it has in the enterprise grade cloud management space. It was a long time coming, according to Pulier, who says ServiceMesh spent over a half of decade building an application it thought would be fundamentally important to the space. In layman's Terms: ServiceMesh made an all-in bet that web services, now known as API's, would be the future.
It didn't approach that firmly-placed stake in the ground from a consumer or infrastructure perspective, it approached it from an application perspective. By on-boarding and diving really deep with highly complex multi-national companies, ServiceMesh worked the opposite way of most start-ups. A complete 180 from the typical model: funding, high-spend marketing dollars, and test cases/demonstrations. As John Furrier coined, "You went to where the puck was coming."
A key takeaway I had from Pulier's interview was ServiceMesh's dedication and highlighted importance of applications to the success of the cloud and its business model. The policy-based framework addresses enterprises' governance and security needs. Shadow IT, businesses competing with a different number of constituents, is great. But CIO's don't support Shadow IT, it's not governed. Business get mandated in new markets, and external convenience and agility is now actively being moved internal.
ServiceMesh is creating a service offering where it is a cloud broker that can deliver IT as a service, in essence becoming the middle man (by removing the need for one). In creating an ecosystem of providers, the cloud flourishes. An example Pulier shared was one particular banking client it has that it was able to save in the range of $100 million to $1 billion dollars. As he described it,
"With the cloud model you have more standardization and flexibility...The only place you want human intervention is when they are going back to approve something...We replaced humans with policies (the sticky points)...Version, change, manage centrally with end-to-end provisions."
Economics is one heck of a great proof of concept.

http://www.techzulu.com
Recently when at Blog World I got an advance copy of "Laughing at Wall Street" by Chris Camillo. He teaches how to take the risk out of being risky. Where was he when I was 18 and just starting out!?
A little bit about the author Chris Camillo...Read More:
http://www.techzulu.com/social-media-trend-spotting-turns-20000-into-over-2-million

http://www.techzulu.com
Recently when at Blog World I got an advance copy of "Laughing at Wall Street" by Chris Camillo. He teaches how to take the risk out of being risky. Where was he when I was 18 and just starting out!?
A little bit about the author Chris Camillo...Read More:
http://www.techzulu.com/social-media-trend-spotting-turns-20000-into-over-2-million

In this episode of Classics, NDTV caught up with Mike Lawrie, the then strategist for IBM in August 2002. Mr Lawrie spoke about the global economic slowdown and economic scandals in the US.
Watch full show: http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/talking-heads/talking-heads-mike-lawrie-of-ibm-aired-august-2002/305803

In this episode of Classics, NDTV caught up with Mike Lawrie, the then strategist for IBM in August 2002. Mr Lawrie spoke about the global economic slowdown and economic scandals in the US.
Watch full show: http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/talking-heads/talking-heads-mike-lawrie-of-ibm-aired-august-2002/305803

Jim Kaskade "Can Big Data Save Them?"

http://strataconf.com/stratany2013/public/schedule/detail/30419
Data and analytics is a means to an end. Jim highlights a new revolution of analytic applicatio...

http://strataconf.com/stratany2013/public/schedule/detail/30419
Data and analytics is a means to an end. Jim highlights a new revolution of analytic applications with some touching examples in the healthcare industry with cancer research and medication therapy management.

http://strataconf.com/stratany2013/public/schedule/detail/30419
Data and analytics is a means to an end. Jim highlights a new revolution of analytic applications with some touching examples in the healthcare industry with cancer research and medication therapy management.

Jeff Taylor, EMC, at EMC World2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
EMC aims to offer programs that are simple, predictable and profitable, says Jeff Taylor, VP of GlobalChannelStrategy and Operations.
Jeff Taylor, VP of Global Channel Strategy and Operations and Co-GM of UnifiedEntryBusiness, EMC, spoke with theCUBE hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante during EMC World this week about the transformation of EMC into a channel-friendly company.
After years of being known as a not-so-friendly channel company, the transformation occured when EMC started doing things differently. "We listen better than we have, in a structured and systematic way", admits Jeff. "We want our program and our business to be more partner-built."
Learning from partners
Twice a year EMC does partner surveys. Last time they had 2000 respondents come back, rating them 25 percent above their peer group, in terms of hardware, software and satisfaction. 80 percent of their partners think of EMC as a trusted advisor.
Times are extremely challenging right now, because the channel business cross-margins everything and everyone wants to make good margins. EMC is special because it offers some high octane services, citing as highlights the V-specs and Cloud Services Provider program. EMC boasts the fastest-growing reference architecture on the market, with 22 hundred units sold, and it's expanding based on partner feedback, whilst enhancing the performance. The Cloud Services Provider program, launched last year, is already showing some serious growth.
What makes it all appealing to the customers is that those solutions are built and tested in EMC's lab. The partners receive just the tools needed to use in their business, thus reducing the steps to implement and deploy.
"We want our programs to be simple, predictable and profitable", says Jeff Taylor. "We made it more sales friendly, taking out the implementation engineering requirements. We made it easier for out partners to get on board and start making rebates. As for profitability, we increasingly expand the programs that are available, bringing more into our program portfolio."
Educating clients
Of course, in order to sell this wide range of solutions, people need to be savvy, and this comes down to training. Differentiated product training, to be precise.
In terms of portfolio and the solutions associated with that, EMC moved "from creditation to competence", getting their partners out in the field and doing endorsements with their representatives. In the US there are 400 endorsed partner representatives and a "Ready for Partner pre-sales" program. EMC has definitely focused on sales engagement and driving training.
Threat vs. opportunity in the cloud
The channel partners' reaction to the cloud is mixed. Some find it disruptive, seeing it as a threat, but others are looking into ways to turn the threat into an opportunity. Some are becoming infrastructure and platform providers, while others are looking for brokerage opportunities, trying to connect with other partners. They are transforming their skill sets, learning more about workloads and where they are heading, changing the focus from the IT and the data center administrator to the business leader.
EMC operates worldwide, and the only way to manage the variability is to define an end state. "Each market is in a different state of maturity, so we monitor, manage and drive the activity, let those theaters develop in time towards the end state.", says Jeff Taylor. "It takes careful management and diligence. But our partners want us to deliver them the power of our vision into something that they can translate into their own strength."
Jeff Taylor was interviewed by John Furrier and Dave Vellante as part of the theme talks "Lead Your Transformation -- How cloud can transform your IT and how Big Data can transform your business."

Jeff Taylor, EMC, at EMC World2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
EMC aims to offer programs that are simple, predictable and profitable, says Jeff Taylor, VP of GlobalChannelStrategy and Operations.
Jeff Taylor, VP of Global Channel Strategy and Operations and Co-GM of UnifiedEntryBusiness, EMC, spoke with theCUBE hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante during EMC World this week about the transformation of EMC into a channel-friendly company.
After years of being known as a not-so-friendly channel company, the transformation occured when EMC started doing things differently. "We listen better than we have, in a structured and systematic way", admits Jeff. "We want our program and our business to be more partner-built."
Learning from partners
Twice a year EMC does partner surveys. Last time they had 2000 respondents come back, rating them 25 percent above their peer group, in terms of hardware, software and satisfaction. 80 percent of their partners think of EMC as a trusted advisor.
Times are extremely challenging right now, because the channel business cross-margins everything and everyone wants to make good margins. EMC is special because it offers some high octane services, citing as highlights the V-specs and Cloud Services Provider program. EMC boasts the fastest-growing reference architecture on the market, with 22 hundred units sold, and it's expanding based on partner feedback, whilst enhancing the performance. The Cloud Services Provider program, launched last year, is already showing some serious growth.
What makes it all appealing to the customers is that those solutions are built and tested in EMC's lab. The partners receive just the tools needed to use in their business, thus reducing the steps to implement and deploy.
"We want our programs to be simple, predictable and profitable", says Jeff Taylor. "We made it more sales friendly, taking out the implementation engineering requirements. We made it easier for out partners to get on board and start making rebates. As for profitability, we increasingly expand the programs that are available, bringing more into our program portfolio."
Educating clients
Of course, in order to sell this wide range of solutions, people need to be savvy, and this comes down to training. Differentiated product training, to be precise.
In terms of portfolio and the solutions associated with that, EMC moved "from creditation to competence", getting their partners out in the field and doing endorsements with their representatives. In the US there are 400 endorsed partner representatives and a "Ready for Partner pre-sales" program. EMC has definitely focused on sales engagement and driving training.
Threat vs. opportunity in the cloud
The channel partners' reaction to the cloud is mixed. Some find it disruptive, seeing it as a threat, but others are looking into ways to turn the threat into an opportunity. Some are becoming infrastructure and platform providers, while others are looking for brokerage opportunities, trying to connect with other partners. They are transforming their skill sets, learning more about workloads and where they are heading, changing the focus from the IT and the data center administrator to the business leader.
EMC operates worldwide, and the only way to manage the variability is to define an end state. "Each market is in a different state of maturity, so we monitor, manage and drive the activity, let those theaters develop in time towards the end state.", says Jeff Taylor. "It takes careful management and diligence. But our partners want us to deliver them the power of our vision into something that they can translate into their own strength."
Jeff Taylor was interviewed by John Furrier and Dave Vellante as part of the theme talks "Lead Your Transformation -- How cloud can transform your IT and how Big Data can transform your business."

Mike Jones Announces Science an Accelerator and Tech Studio

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Mike Jones may be known for his most recent role as CEO of MySpace, but th...

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Mike Jones may be known for his most recent role as CEO of MySpace, but this Internet entrepreneur is no stranger to the startup world. He's had multiple exits (his company Userplane sold to AOL for nearly $40 million and TsavoMedia drew a cool $75 million from Cyberplex) and also advises private startups.
Jones is an advocate for technology in Los Angeles, and believes if you build the right infrastructure to support early stage companies, the financing will come - from Silicon Valley and beyond. Which is why, perhaps, Jones has foregone the pure investor route to instead focus on Science, his new accelerator and tech studio in Santa Monica, California....Read More
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http://www.techzulu.com/mike-jones-echoes-hollywood-if-you-build-it-they-will-come
Mike Jones may be known for his most recent role as CEO of MySpace, but this Internet entrepreneur is no stranger to the startup world. He's had multiple exits (his company Userplane sold to AOL for nearly $40 million and TsavoMedia drew a cool $75 million from Cyberplex) and also advises private startups.
Jones is an advocate for technology in Los Angeles, and believes if you build the right infrastructure to support early stage companies, the financing will come - from Silicon Valley and beyond. Which is why, perhaps, Jones has foregone the pure investor route to instead focus on Science, his new accelerator and tech studio in Santa Monica, California....Read More
http///www.techzulu.com

Tom Roloff - EMC World 2013 - theCUBE - #EMCWorld

Tom Roloff, EMC, at EMC World2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
Tom Roloff, the senior vice president of EMC's Global Services business, stopped by th...

Tom Roloff, EMC, at EMC World2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
Tom Roloff, the senior vice president of EMC's Global Services business, stopped by theCube at EMC World 2013 to discuss how consultancy is driving the two biggest trends in enterprise IT: Big Data and cloud computing.
SiliconAngle CEO John Furrier and Wikibon's Dave Vellante open the interview by highlighting that the company has changed a great deal since theCube's debut at EMC World 2010. Roloff agrees: in his view, EMC has transformed from a storage vendor to an IT-as-a-service provider. The executive says that his firm supplies customers with solutions to transform their own businesses, but stresses that technology alone is not enough to accomplish this goal. His division provides the know-how organizations need to effectively implement and leverage EMC's solutions.
A few years ago CIOs were talking about virtualization, consolidation and storage tiering. Today the focus is on Big Data, and EMC is tackling this trend head-on. Roloff says that the company is helping enterprises tap into their information by addressing industry-specific needs and minimizing the hassle associated with enterprise-scale Big Data deployments.
Vellante brings up Amazon Web Services and notes that what was once a developer platform is now being integrated into large-scale corporate environments. Roloff's take on this trend is that it's disrupting the traditional IT organization and reshaping the role of the CIO, turning them both into strategic enablers.
The public cloud is gaining traction in the enterprise, but many companies are still reluctant to trust their data with third party providers due to security concerns. Roloff predicts that this barrier will be eliminated within five years thanks to the fact security is becoming a major competitive differentiator for cloud vendors.
The executive concludes the interview with an overview of EMC's efforts in the software-defined space, which the main highlight of this week's conference.

Tom Roloff, EMC, at EMC World2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
Tom Roloff, the senior vice president of EMC's Global Services business, stopped by theCube at EMC World 2013 to discuss how consultancy is driving the two biggest trends in enterprise IT: Big Data and cloud computing.
SiliconAngle CEO John Furrier and Wikibon's Dave Vellante open the interview by highlighting that the company has changed a great deal since theCube's debut at EMC World 2010. Roloff agrees: in his view, EMC has transformed from a storage vendor to an IT-as-a-service provider. The executive says that his firm supplies customers with solutions to transform their own businesses, but stresses that technology alone is not enough to accomplish this goal. His division provides the know-how organizations need to effectively implement and leverage EMC's solutions.
A few years ago CIOs were talking about virtualization, consolidation and storage tiering. Today the focus is on Big Data, and EMC is tackling this trend head-on. Roloff says that the company is helping enterprises tap into their information by addressing industry-specific needs and minimizing the hassle associated with enterprise-scale Big Data deployments.
Vellante brings up Amazon Web Services and notes that what was once a developer platform is now being integrated into large-scale corporate environments. Roloff's take on this trend is that it's disrupting the traditional IT organization and reshaping the role of the CIO, turning them both into strategic enablers.
The public cloud is gaining traction in the enterprise, but many companies are still reluctant to trust their data with third party providers due to security concerns. Roloff predicts that this barrier will be eliminated within five years thanks to the fact security is becoming a major competitive differentiator for cloud vendors.
The executive concludes the interview with an overview of EMC's efforts in the software-defined space, which the main highlight of this week's conference.

Ben Kepes, Diversity, Limited, at EMCWorld2013 with John Furrier and Stu Miniman.
I was extremely interested to catch the interview of Ben Kepes (Director/Principle) Diversity Limited on day one of EMC World 2013. Hosts Stu Miniman and John Furrier had a very insightful conversation asking Kepes opinion on everything from cloud migration to the changing landscape of legacy/traditional vendors. Ben is an active member of the Clouderati, a global group of Cloud thought leaders, so his opinions on the state of the cloud are ones that should be listened to very closely. Diversity is a broad spectrum consultancy specialising in SaaS, Cloud Computing and business strategy.
Can legacy/traditional vendors change they way they act in the fundamentally different world that we as technologists, consumers and service providers now live in? That is the billion dollar question in Kepes's eyes, as the world moves to a software-led everything. New applications are being built in a mobile and agile cloud kind-of-way, and it all looks very heterogenous. From his own blog: "It seems to me that the public cloud vendors are running as fast as they can to encourage third parties to launch and host free versions on their partner platforms; Organizations genuinely enjoy the benefits of having massively flexible third party integrations." But in the wake of this cloud migration sprint, we're starting to see some pushback. A mismatch of size and scale of the marketplace provider and the third party vendor is proving out that when the economics finally come into play, not all systems are go.
Not so Fast, Traditional Vendor Haters
Furrier asked Kepes to comment on Dell, and its acquisition of Enstratius today. Dell is obviously chasing a software-defined future for the company. Dell's world is changing, moving out of hardware and towards software more and more every day. A very interesting angle on traditional vendors is when Kepes explained how he was empathetic to those traditional and legacy vendors. He alluded to how there is a heck of a lot of money being spent in the traditional world, and how the bleeding-edge of tech (which largely controls the narrative on the web) needs to take a step back and realize something: just because they aren't moving as fast as we overreact to them needing to, doesn't mean they aren't moving. Sometimes us tech bloggers can get too drunk on our own Kool-Aid to realize that the world of billions of dollars doesn't deal in the absolutes that our very limited opinions do.
Everyone Is Doing Everything In Big Data...Which Means Few Are Doing Anything
Big Data is in fact going to be Big, but that it's a way overused term accordingly to Kepes. Fundamentally there is a deluge of information that we simply cannot understand right now. In terms of Big Data, we need to figure out how to digest and make the gobs of data useable. "Everyone is doing everything," said Kepes. He sees a world that in the very near future is going to see rationalization and consolidation of Big Data terms, companies and service offerings.
"It doesn't help that we have CEO's standing up on stage and saying we're going to help you analyze social signals, big data, ...it's BS"
I couldn't agree more. Big Data is much bigger than those throwing around the term truly understand, and in my own personal opinion use a lot of shock, awe, and scare tactics to dupe companies into believing they can harness the amount of real-time purchasing, social, and connected-consumer data that the client currently sees. They can't. I can't. No one truly can yet. But big companies are taking a crack at it. Kepes is excited with what GE is trying to do in the 'Internet of Things' (IndustrialInternet) and mentioned GE's recent $105 million into Pivotal (EMC & VMware's lovechild).
Speaking of EMC, Kepes had a very astute and interesting response to Furrier when he asked him what the core message of EMC World 2013 was, in his estimation. He believes that EMC is trying to slow innovation. EMC is attempting to create a message that customers move at a steady pace, as to not get ahead of what EMC can keep up with. Fascinating thoughts, and as I took a step back to digest I thought to myself, "I think that is eerily valid." The rate of evolution in the software space right now has to be outpacing service providers, platforms, and the minds that build them.
It was refreshing to have Furrier and Miniman really dig for opinions from a respected mind in the cloud computing world. If intelligent conversation and shared opinions invoke as much mind-racing for you as it does me...well...you're welcome.

Ben Kepes, Diversity, Limited, at EMCWorld2013 with John Furrier and Stu Miniman.
I was extremely interested to catch the interview of Ben Kepes (Director/Principle) Diversity Limited on day one of EMC World 2013. Hosts Stu Miniman and John Furrier had a very insightful conversation asking Kepes opinion on everything from cloud migration to the changing landscape of legacy/traditional vendors. Ben is an active member of the Clouderati, a global group of Cloud thought leaders, so his opinions on the state of the cloud are ones that should be listened to very closely. Diversity is a broad spectrum consultancy specialising in SaaS, Cloud Computing and business strategy.
Can legacy/traditional vendors change they way they act in the fundamentally different world that we as technologists, consumers and service providers now live in? That is the billion dollar question in Kepes's eyes, as the world moves to a software-led everything. New applications are being built in a mobile and agile cloud kind-of-way, and it all looks very heterogenous. From his own blog: "It seems to me that the public cloud vendors are running as fast as they can to encourage third parties to launch and host free versions on their partner platforms; Organizations genuinely enjoy the benefits of having massively flexible third party integrations." But in the wake of this cloud migration sprint, we're starting to see some pushback. A mismatch of size and scale of the marketplace provider and the third party vendor is proving out that when the economics finally come into play, not all systems are go.
Not so Fast, Traditional Vendor Haters
Furrier asked Kepes to comment on Dell, and its acquisition of Enstratius today. Dell is obviously chasing a software-defined future for the company. Dell's world is changing, moving out of hardware and towards software more and more every day. A very interesting angle on traditional vendors is when Kepes explained how he was empathetic to those traditional and legacy vendors. He alluded to how there is a heck of a lot of money being spent in the traditional world, and how the bleeding-edge of tech (which largely controls the narrative on the web) needs to take a step back and realize something: just because they aren't moving as fast as we overreact to them needing to, doesn't mean they aren't moving. Sometimes us tech bloggers can get too drunk on our own Kool-Aid to realize that the world of billions of dollars doesn't deal in the absolutes that our very limited opinions do.
Everyone Is Doing Everything In Big Data...Which Means Few Are Doing Anything
Big Data is in fact going to be Big, but that it's a way overused term accordingly to Kepes. Fundamentally there is a deluge of information that we simply cannot understand right now. In terms of Big Data, we need to figure out how to digest and make the gobs of data useable. "Everyone is doing everything," said Kepes. He sees a world that in the very near future is going to see rationalization and consolidation of Big Data terms, companies and service offerings.
"It doesn't help that we have CEO's standing up on stage and saying we're going to help you analyze social signals, big data, ...it's BS"
I couldn't agree more. Big Data is much bigger than those throwing around the term truly understand, and in my own personal opinion use a lot of shock, awe, and scare tactics to dupe companies into believing they can harness the amount of real-time purchasing, social, and connected-consumer data that the client currently sees. They can't. I can't. No one truly can yet. But big companies are taking a crack at it. Kepes is excited with what GE is trying to do in the 'Internet of Things' (IndustrialInternet) and mentioned GE's recent $105 million into Pivotal (EMC & VMware's lovechild).
Speaking of EMC, Kepes had a very astute and interesting response to Furrier when he asked him what the core message of EMC World 2013 was, in his estimation. He believes that EMC is trying to slow innovation. EMC is attempting to create a message that customers move at a steady pace, as to not get ahead of what EMC can keep up with. Fascinating thoughts, and as I took a step back to digest I thought to myself, "I think that is eerily valid." The rate of evolution in the software space right now has to be outpacing service providers, platforms, and the minds that build them.
It was refreshing to have Furrier and Miniman really dig for opinions from a respected mind in the cloud computing world. If intelligent conversation and shared opinions invoke as much mind-racing for you as it does me...well...you're welcome.

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Laughing At Wall Street | Interview with Chris Camillo

http://www.techzulu.com
Recently when at Blog World I got an advance copy of "Laughing at Wall Street" by Chris Camillo. He teaches how to take the risk out of being risky. Where was he when I was 18 and just starting out!?
A little bit about the author Chris Camillo...Read More:
http://www.techzulu.com/social-media-trend-spotting-turns-20000-into-over-2-million

published: 07 Jan 2012

David Goulden, EMC - EMC World 2013 - #EMCWorld #theCUBE

David Goulden, EMC, at EMC World2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
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David Goulden, sitting down "in the hot seat" to talk to theCube hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante, showed incredible confidence. In his own words, it stems from the tremendous positive response from the customers, whose feedback has been fantastic.
Goulden noted that this event was all about themes. The focus revolved around ViPR, Pivotal, and the innovation of storage arrays.
Talking about the company's philosophy, Goulden shared some insight into the way EMC is run. The internal perception is not of a conglomerate, but of a federation. There is a big difference between the two. A federation has businesses that are interdependent and connected. EMC is interested in creating businesses that are independenden...

published: 08 May 2013

Above the Cloud with Dave Linthicum

http://www.techzulu.com
Shifting perspectives on SaaS and Enterprise IT
Join us for a special evening with InfoWorld's DaveLinthicum as he delves into global enterprise software trends with some of LA's most successful SaaS and cloud computing companies. Featuring panelists from SOA Software, Edgecast and Bitium, we'll discuss:
Top priorities and challenges for today's CIO
The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management
The rise of the social enterprise and Chief Digital Officer - what it means for the CIO
The emerging "cloud focused" IT organizations, and the benefits they are able to obtain
Finding business agility in the cloud
Paths to SaaS and cloud computing that will work for your enterprise
Tools and efficiencies powered by the cloud

published: 07 Jun 2013

Johnson Family Old super 8 Movies

Here is the whole collection of old Super8 home movies from The JohnsonFamily

http://www.techzulu.com
Recently when at Blog World I got an advance copy of "Laughing at Wall Street" by Chris Camillo. He teaches how to take the risk out of being risky. Where was he when I was 18 and just starting out!?
A little bit about the author Chris Camillo...Read More:
http://www.techzulu.com/social-media-trend-spotting-turns-20000-into-over-2-million

http://www.techzulu.com
Recently when at Blog World I got an advance copy of "Laughing at Wall Street" by Chris Camillo. He teaches how to take the risk out of being risky. Where was he when I was 18 and just starting out!?
A little bit about the author Chris Camillo...Read More:
http://www.techzulu.com/social-media-trend-spotting-turns-20000-into-over-2-million

David Goulden, EMC - EMC World 2013 - #EMCWorld #theCUBE

David Goulden, EMC, at EMC World2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
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David Goulden, sitting down "in the hot seat" to talk to theCube hosts John Furrier...

David Goulden, EMC, at EMC World2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
-
David Goulden, sitting down "in the hot seat" to talk to theCube hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante, showed incredible confidence. In his own words, it stems from the tremendous positive response from the customers, whose feedback has been fantastic.
Goulden noted that this event was all about themes. The focus revolved around ViPR, Pivotal, and the innovation of storage arrays.
Talking about the company's philosophy, Goulden shared some insight into the way EMC is run. The internal perception is not of a conglomerate, but of a federation. There is a big difference between the two. A federation has businesses that are interdependent and connected. EMC is interested in creating businesses that are independendent in their own right but that can work together very seamlessly to provide customers with complete solutions. EMC is focused on giving customers choice, that being a very important issue on the customers' agenda.
Playing for the big stakes, with the right talent
"EMC is a technology company; the innovation around the governance and the business model was just a way to foster that innovation around the technology", said Goulden. EMC operates in a market where it's playing for the big stakes and it's all coming down to the right people and getting the right talent. The secret of EMC's success is creating an environment where the smartest people want to work.
This type of governance model clearly has some inherent additional complexities, but the benefits surpass the shortcomings. The Federated approach allows for development and the ability to attact and retain talent, and that outweighs the problems related to capital structure, cash management or balance sheet structure.
Federation vs Conglomerate
A conglomerate owns distinct businesses, and its value is crate value. A federation is different. EMC is building interconnected business. They maintain control over them, but that's just about it. The business model is unique and is not going to change any time soon. Conglomerates might make more money, but federations have better synergies.

David Goulden, EMC, at EMC World2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
-
David Goulden, sitting down "in the hot seat" to talk to theCube hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante, showed incredible confidence. In his own words, it stems from the tremendous positive response from the customers, whose feedback has been fantastic.
Goulden noted that this event was all about themes. The focus revolved around ViPR, Pivotal, and the innovation of storage arrays.
Talking about the company's philosophy, Goulden shared some insight into the way EMC is run. The internal perception is not of a conglomerate, but of a federation. There is a big difference between the two. A federation has businesses that are interdependent and connected. EMC is interested in creating businesses that are independendent in their own right but that can work together very seamlessly to provide customers with complete solutions. EMC is focused on giving customers choice, that being a very important issue on the customers' agenda.
Playing for the big stakes, with the right talent
"EMC is a technology company; the innovation around the governance and the business model was just a way to foster that innovation around the technology", said Goulden. EMC operates in a market where it's playing for the big stakes and it's all coming down to the right people and getting the right talent. The secret of EMC's success is creating an environment where the smartest people want to work.
This type of governance model clearly has some inherent additional complexities, but the benefits surpass the shortcomings. The Federated approach allows for development and the ability to attact and retain talent, and that outweighs the problems related to capital structure, cash management or balance sheet structure.
Federation vs Conglomerate
A conglomerate owns distinct businesses, and its value is crate value. A federation is different. EMC is building interconnected business. They maintain control over them, but that's just about it. The business model is unique and is not going to change any time soon. Conglomerates might make more money, but federations have better synergies.

http://www.techzulu.com
Shifting perspectives on SaaS and Enterprise IT
Join us for a special evening with InfoWorld's DaveLinthicum as he delves into global enterprise software trends with some of LA's most successful SaaS and cloud computing companies. Featuring panelists from SOA Software, Edgecast and Bitium, we'll discuss:
Top priorities and challenges for today's CIO
The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management
The rise of the social enterprise and Chief Digital Officer - what it means for the CIO
The emerging "cloud focused" IT organizations, and the benefits they are able to obtain
Finding business agility in the cloud
Paths to SaaS and cloud computing that will work for your enterprise
Tools and efficiencies powered by the cloud

http://www.techzulu.com
Shifting perspectives on SaaS and Enterprise IT
Join us for a special evening with InfoWorld's DaveLinthicum as he delves into global enterprise software trends with some of LA's most successful SaaS and cloud computing companies. Featuring panelists from SOA Software, Edgecast and Bitium, we'll discuss:
Top priorities and challenges for today's CIO
The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management
The rise of the social enterprise and Chief Digital Officer - what it means for the CIO
The emerging "cloud focused" IT organizations, and the benefits they are able to obtain
Finding business agility in the cloud
Paths to SaaS and cloud computing that will work for your enterprise
Tools and efficiencies powered by the cloud

Eric Pulier - EMC World 2013 - theCUBE - #EMCWorld

Eric Pulier, ServiceMesh, at EMCWorld2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
Host John Furrier had the pleasure of having Eric Pulier (Chairman & CEO) of ServiceMesh stop by theCUBE on day one of EMC World 2013 to chat about enterprise cloud, the focus of applications to ServiceMesh's success, and the importance of software-led infrastructure (SLI) to its goals. ServiceMesh is positioned squarely in the Cloud IT Transformation corner, and can tout savings to companies anywhere from $100 million to $1 billion annually. CIO's are jumping on board it's unified platform approach to IT-as-a-Service.
The competitive landscape of DevOps is ripe, and Pulier sees an important factor from the market being: how do you create an automated DevOps tool chain, or infrastructure automation? People are focusing on both, but the core of it all, says Pulier, is a policy problem. Cloud infrastructure business entities want to scale quickly, with the ability to provision real-time applications. Pulier summed it up: when companies can finally, "treat code as first class."
ServiceMesh's road to enterprise cloud
ServiceMesh had a very unique road to the powerful, albeit unknown, leadership it has in the enterprise grade cloud management space. It was a long time coming, according to Pulier, who says ServiceMesh spent over a half of decade building an application it thought would be fundamentally important to the space. In layman's Terms: ServiceMesh made an all-in bet that web services, now known as API's, would be the future.
It didn't approach that firmly-placed stake in the ground from a consumer or infrastructure perspective, it approached it from an application perspective. By on-boarding and diving really deep with highly complex multi-national companies, ServiceMesh worked the opposite way of most start-ups. A complete 180 from the typical model: funding, high-spend marketing dollars, and test cases/demonstrations. As John Furrier coined, "You went to where the puck was coming."
A key takeaway I had from Pulier's interview was ServiceMesh's dedication and highlighted importance of applications to the success of the cloud and its business model. The policy-based framework addresses enterprises' governance and security needs. Shadow IT, businesses competing with a different number of constituents, is great. But CIO's don't support Shadow IT, it's not governed. Business get mandated in new markets, and external convenience and agility is now actively being moved internal.
ServiceMesh is creating a service offering where it is a cloud broker that can deliver IT as a service, in essence becoming the middle man (by removing the need for one). In creating an ecosystem of providers, the cloud flourishes. An example Pulier shared was one particular banking client it has that it was able to save in the range of $100 million to $1 billion dollars. As he described it,
"With the cloud model you have more standardization and flexibility...The only place you want human intervention is when they are going back to approve something...We replaced humans with policies (the sticky points)...Version, change, manage centrally with end-to-end provisions."
Economics is one heck of a great proof of concept.

Eric Pulier - EMC World 2013 - theCUBE - #EMCWorld

Eric Pulier, ServiceMesh, at EMCWorld2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
Host John Furrier had the pleasure of having Eric Pulier (Chairman & CEO) of ServiceMesh stop by theCUBE on day one of EMC World 2013 to chat about enterprise cloud, the focus of applications to ServiceMesh's success, and the importance of software-led infrastructure (SLI) to its goals. ServiceMesh is positioned squarely in the Cloud IT Transformation corner, and can tout savings to companies anywhere from $100 million to $1 billion annually. CIO's are jumping on board it's unified platform approach to IT-as-a-Service.
The competitive landscape of DevOps is ripe, and Pulier sees an important factor from the market being: how do you create an automated DevOps tool chain, or infrastructure automation? People are focusing on both, but the core of it all, says Pulier, is a policy problem. Cloud infrastructure business entities want to scale quickly, with the ability to provision real-time applications. Pulier summed it up: when companies can finally, "treat code as first class."
ServiceMesh's road to enterprise cloud
ServiceMesh had a very unique road to the powerful, albeit unknown, leadership it has in the enterprise grade cloud management space. It was a long time coming, according to Pulier, who says ServiceMesh spent over a half of decade building an application it thought would be fundamentally important to the space. In layman's Terms: ServiceMesh made an all-in bet that web services, now known as API's, would be the future.
It didn't approach that firmly-placed stake in the ground from a consumer or infrastructure perspective, it approached it from an application perspective. By on-boarding and diving really deep with highly complex multi-national companies, ServiceMesh worked the opposite way of most start-ups. A complete 180 from the typical model: funding, high-spend marketing dollars, and test cases/demonstrations. As John Furrier coined, "You went to where the puck was coming."
A key takeaway I had from Pulier's interview was ServiceMesh's dedication and highlighted importance of applications to the success of the cloud and its business model. The policy-based framework addresses enterprises' governance and security needs. Shadow IT, businesses competing with a different number of constituents, is great. But CIO's don't support Shadow IT, it's not governed. Business get mandated in new markets, and external convenience and agility is now actively being moved internal.
ServiceMesh is creating a service offering where it is a cloud broker that can deliver IT as a service, in essence becoming the middle man (by removing the need for one). In creating an ecosystem of providers, the cloud flourishes. An example Pulier shared was one particular banking client it has that it was able to save in the range of $100 million to $1 billion dollars. As he described it,
"With the cloud model you have more standardization and flexibility...The only place you want human intervention is when they are going back to approve something...We replaced humans with policies (the sticky points)...Version, change, manage centrally with end-to-end provisions."
Economics is one heck of a great proof of concept.

27:08

Laughing At Wall Street | Interview with Chris Camillo

http://www.techzulu.com
Recently when at Blog World I got an advance copy of "Laughing ...

Laughing At Wall Street | Interview with Chris Camillo

http://www.techzulu.com
Recently when at Blog World I got an advance copy of "Laughing at Wall Street" by Chris Camillo. He teaches how to take the risk out of being risky. Where was he when I was 18 and just starting out!?
A little bit about the author Chris Camillo...Read More:
http://www.techzulu.com/social-media-trend-spotting-turns-20000-into-over-2-million

8:34

Talking Heads: Mike Lawrie of IBM (Aired: August 2002)

In this episode of Classics, NDTV caught up with Mike Lawrie, the then strategist for IBM ...

Talking Heads: Mike Lawrie of IBM (Aired: August 2002)

In this episode of Classics, NDTV caught up with Mike Lawrie, the then strategist for IBM in August 2002. Mr Lawrie spoke about the global economic slowdown and economic scandals in the US.
Watch full show: http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/talking-heads/talking-heads-mike-lawrie-of-ibm-aired-august-2002/305803

Jim Kaskade "Can Big Data Save Them?"

http://strataconf.com/stratany2013/public/schedule/detail/30419
Data and analytics is a means to an end. Jim highlights a new revolution of analytic applications with some touching examples in the healthcare industry with cancer research and medication therapy management.

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Scour.com at the Digital Family Reunion: Nolan Bushnell Speaks

As a Sponsor of the Digital Family Reunion: http://www.digitalfamilyreunion.net we had a c...

Jeff Taylor - EMC World 2013 - theCUBE - #EMCWorld

Jeff Taylor, EMC, at EMC World2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
EMC aims to offer programs that are simple, predictable and profitable, says Jeff Taylor, VP of GlobalChannelStrategy and Operations.
Jeff Taylor, VP of Global Channel Strategy and Operations and Co-GM of UnifiedEntryBusiness, EMC, spoke with theCUBE hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante during EMC World this week about the transformation of EMC into a channel-friendly company.
After years of being known as a not-so-friendly channel company, the transformation occured when EMC started doing things differently. "We listen better than we have, in a structured and systematic way", admits Jeff. "We want our program and our business to be more partner-built."
Learning from partners
Twice a year EMC does partner surveys. Last time they had 2000 respondents come back, rating them 25 percent above their peer group, in terms of hardware, software and satisfaction. 80 percent of their partners think of EMC as a trusted advisor.
Times are extremely challenging right now, because the channel business cross-margins everything and everyone wants to make good margins. EMC is special because it offers some high octane services, citing as highlights the V-specs and Cloud Services Provider program. EMC boasts the fastest-growing reference architecture on the market, with 22 hundred units sold, and it's expanding based on partner feedback, whilst enhancing the performance. The Cloud Services Provider program, launched last year, is already showing some serious growth.
What makes it all appealing to the customers is that those solutions are built and tested in EMC's lab. The partners receive just the tools needed to use in their business, thus reducing the steps to implement and deploy.
"We want our programs to be simple, predictable and profitable", says Jeff Taylor. "We made it more sales friendly, taking out the implementation engineering requirements. We made it easier for out partners to get on board and start making rebates. As for profitability, we increasingly expand the programs that are available, bringing more into our program portfolio."
Educating clients
Of course, in order to sell this wide range of solutions, people need to be savvy, and this comes down to training. Differentiated product training, to be precise.
In terms of portfolio and the solutions associated with that, EMC moved "from creditation to competence", getting their partners out in the field and doing endorsements with their representatives. In the US there are 400 endorsed partner representatives and a "Ready for Partner pre-sales" program. EMC has definitely focused on sales engagement and driving training.
Threat vs. opportunity in the cloud
The channel partners' reaction to the cloud is mixed. Some find it disruptive, seeing it as a threat, but others are looking into ways to turn the threat into an opportunity. Some are becoming infrastructure and platform providers, while others are looking for brokerage opportunities, trying to connect with other partners. They are transforming their skill sets, learning more about workloads and where they are heading, changing the focus from the IT and the data center administrator to the business leader.
EMC operates worldwide, and the only way to manage the variability is to define an end state. "Each market is in a different state of maturity, so we monitor, manage and drive the activity, let those theaters develop in time towards the end state.", says Jeff Taylor. "It takes careful management and diligence. But our partners want us to deliver them the power of our vision into something that they can translate into their own strength."
Jeff Taylor was interviewed by John Furrier and Dave Vellante as part of the theme talks "Lead Your Transformation -- How cloud can transform your IT and how Big Data can transform your business."

Mike Jones Announces Science an Accelerator and Tech Studio

http://www.techzulu.com/mike-jones-echoes-hollywood-if-you-build-it-they-will-come
Mike Jones may be known for his most recent role as CEO of MySpace, but this Internet entrepreneur is no stranger to the startup world. He's had multiple exits (his company Userplane sold to AOL for nearly $40 million and TsavoMedia drew a cool $75 million from Cyberplex) and also advises private startups.
Jones is an advocate for technology in Los Angeles, and believes if you build the right infrastructure to support early stage companies, the financing will come - from Silicon Valley and beyond. Which is why, perhaps, Jones has foregone the pure investor route to instead focus on Science, his new accelerator and tech studio in Santa Monica, California....Read More
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Tom Roloff - EMC World 2013 - theCUBE - #EMCWorld

Tom Roloff, EMC, at EMC World 2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
Tom Roloff, the ...

Tom Roloff - EMC World 2013 - theCUBE - #EMCWorld

Tom Roloff, EMC, at EMC World2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
Tom Roloff, the senior vice president of EMC's Global Services business, stopped by theCube at EMC World 2013 to discuss how consultancy is driving the two biggest trends in enterprise IT: Big Data and cloud computing.
SiliconAngle CEO John Furrier and Wikibon's Dave Vellante open the interview by highlighting that the company has changed a great deal since theCube's debut at EMC World 2010. Roloff agrees: in his view, EMC has transformed from a storage vendor to an IT-as-a-service provider. The executive says that his firm supplies customers with solutions to transform their own businesses, but stresses that technology alone is not enough to accomplish this goal. His division provides the know-how organizations need to effectively implement and leverage EMC's solutions.
A few years ago CIOs were talking about virtualization, consolidation and storage tiering. Today the focus is on Big Data, and EMC is tackling this trend head-on. Roloff says that the company is helping enterprises tap into their information by addressing industry-specific needs and minimizing the hassle associated with enterprise-scale Big Data deployments.
Vellante brings up Amazon Web Services and notes that what was once a developer platform is now being integrated into large-scale corporate environments. Roloff's take on this trend is that it's disrupting the traditional IT organization and reshaping the role of the CIO, turning them both into strategic enablers.
The public cloud is gaining traction in the enterprise, but many companies are still reluctant to trust their data with third party providers due to security concerns. Roloff predicts that this barrier will be eliminated within five years thanks to the fact security is becoming a major competitive differentiator for cloud vendors.
The executive concludes the interview with an overview of EMC's efforts in the software-defined space, which the main highlight of this week's conference.

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Ben Kepes - EMC World 2013 - theCUBE - #EMCWorld

Ben Kepes, Diversity, Limited, at EMC World 2013 with John Furrier and Stu Miniman.
I wa...

Ben Kepes - EMC World 2013 - theCUBE - #EMCWorld

Ben Kepes, Diversity, Limited, at EMCWorld2013 with John Furrier and Stu Miniman.
I was extremely interested to catch the interview of Ben Kepes (Director/Principle) Diversity Limited on day one of EMC World 2013. Hosts Stu Miniman and John Furrier had a very insightful conversation asking Kepes opinion on everything from cloud migration to the changing landscape of legacy/traditional vendors. Ben is an active member of the Clouderati, a global group of Cloud thought leaders, so his opinions on the state of the cloud are ones that should be listened to very closely. Diversity is a broad spectrum consultancy specialising in SaaS, Cloud Computing and business strategy.
Can legacy/traditional vendors change they way they act in the fundamentally different world that we as technologists, consumers and service providers now live in? That is the billion dollar question in Kepes's eyes, as the world moves to a software-led everything. New applications are being built in a mobile and agile cloud kind-of-way, and it all looks very heterogenous. From his own blog: "It seems to me that the public cloud vendors are running as fast as they can to encourage third parties to launch and host free versions on their partner platforms; Organizations genuinely enjoy the benefits of having massively flexible third party integrations." But in the wake of this cloud migration sprint, we're starting to see some pushback. A mismatch of size and scale of the marketplace provider and the third party vendor is proving out that when the economics finally come into play, not all systems are go.
Not so Fast, Traditional Vendor Haters
Furrier asked Kepes to comment on Dell, and its acquisition of Enstratius today. Dell is obviously chasing a software-defined future for the company. Dell's world is changing, moving out of hardware and towards software more and more every day. A very interesting angle on traditional vendors is when Kepes explained how he was empathetic to those traditional and legacy vendors. He alluded to how there is a heck of a lot of money being spent in the traditional world, and how the bleeding-edge of tech (which largely controls the narrative on the web) needs to take a step back and realize something: just because they aren't moving as fast as we overreact to them needing to, doesn't mean they aren't moving. Sometimes us tech bloggers can get too drunk on our own Kool-Aid to realize that the world of billions of dollars doesn't deal in the absolutes that our very limited opinions do.
Everyone Is Doing Everything In Big Data...Which Means Few Are Doing Anything
Big Data is in fact going to be Big, but that it's a way overused term accordingly to Kepes. Fundamentally there is a deluge of information that we simply cannot understand right now. In terms of Big Data, we need to figure out how to digest and make the gobs of data useable. "Everyone is doing everything," said Kepes. He sees a world that in the very near future is going to see rationalization and consolidation of Big Data terms, companies and service offerings.
"It doesn't help that we have CEO's standing up on stage and saying we're going to help you analyze social signals, big data, ...it's BS"
I couldn't agree more. Big Data is much bigger than those throwing around the term truly understand, and in my own personal opinion use a lot of shock, awe, and scare tactics to dupe companies into believing they can harness the amount of real-time purchasing, social, and connected-consumer data that the client currently sees. They can't. I can't. No one truly can yet. But big companies are taking a crack at it. Kepes is excited with what GE is trying to do in the 'Internet of Things' (IndustrialInternet) and mentioned GE's recent $105 million into Pivotal (EMC & VMware's lovechild).
Speaking of EMC, Kepes had a very astute and interesting response to Furrier when he asked him what the core message of EMC World 2013 was, in his estimation. He believes that EMC is trying to slow innovation. EMC is attempting to create a message that customers move at a steady pace, as to not get ahead of what EMC can keep up with. Fascinating thoughts, and as I took a step back to digest I thought to myself, "I think that is eerily valid." The rate of evolution in the software space right now has to be outpacing service providers, platforms, and the minds that build them.
It was refreshing to have Furrier and Miniman really dig for opinions from a respected mind in the cloud computing world. If intelligent conversation and shared opinions invoke as much mind-racing for you as it does me...well...you're welcome.

Laughing At Wall Street | Interview with Chris Camillo

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Recently when at Blog World I got an advance copy of "Laughing at Wall Street" by Chris Camillo. He teaches how to take the risk out of being risky. Where was he when I was 18 and just starting out!?
A little bit about the author Chris Camillo...Read More:
http://www.techzulu.com/social-media-trend-spotting-turns-20000-into-over-2-million

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David Goulden, EMC - EMC World 2013 - #EMCWorld #theCUBE

David Goulden, EMC, at EMC World 2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
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David Goulden...

David Goulden, EMC - EMC World 2013 - #EMCWorld #theCUBE

David Goulden, EMC, at EMC World2013 with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.
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David Goulden, sitting down "in the hot seat" to talk to theCube hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante, showed incredible confidence. In his own words, it stems from the tremendous positive response from the customers, whose feedback has been fantastic.
Goulden noted that this event was all about themes. The focus revolved around ViPR, Pivotal, and the innovation of storage arrays.
Talking about the company's philosophy, Goulden shared some insight into the way EMC is run. The internal perception is not of a conglomerate, but of a federation. There is a big difference between the two. A federation has businesses that are interdependent and connected. EMC is interested in creating businesses that are independendent in their own right but that can work together very seamlessly to provide customers with complete solutions. EMC is focused on giving customers choice, that being a very important issue on the customers' agenda.
Playing for the big stakes, with the right talent
"EMC is a technology company; the innovation around the governance and the business model was just a way to foster that innovation around the technology", said Goulden. EMC operates in a market where it's playing for the big stakes and it's all coming down to the right people and getting the right talent. The secret of EMC's success is creating an environment where the smartest people want to work.
This type of governance model clearly has some inherent additional complexities, but the benefits surpass the shortcomings. The Federated approach allows for development and the ability to attact and retain talent, and that outweighs the problems related to capital structure, cash management or balance sheet structure.
Federation vs Conglomerate
A conglomerate owns distinct businesses, and its value is crate value. A federation is different. EMC is building interconnected business. They maintain control over them, but that's just about it. The business model is unique and is not going to change any time soon. Conglomerates might make more money, but federations have better synergies.

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Above the Cloud with Dave Linthicum

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Shifting perspectives on SaaS and Enterprise IT
Join us for a spe...

Above the Cloud with Dave Linthicum

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Shifting perspectives on SaaS and Enterprise IT
Join us for a special evening with InfoWorld's DaveLinthicum as he delves into global enterprise software trends with some of LA's most successful SaaS and cloud computing companies. Featuring panelists from SOA Software, Edgecast and Bitium, we'll discuss:
Top priorities and challenges for today's CIO
The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management
The rise of the social enterprise and Chief Digital Officer - what it means for the CIO
The emerging "cloud focused" IT organizations, and the benefits they are able to obtain
Finding business agility in the cloud
Paths to SaaS and cloud computing that will work for your enterprise
Tools and efficiencies powered by the cloud

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Johnson Family Old super 8 Movies

Here is the whole collection of old Super8 home movies from The Johnson Family

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In August 2016, a research plane was able to observe something strange in the atmosphere above Alaska's Aleutian Islands, lingering aerosol particle that was enriched with the same kind of uranium used in nuclear fuel and bombs, according to Gizmodo. The observation was the first time that scientists detected a particle free-floating in the atmosphere in over 20 years of plane-based observations ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Ethiopia's defense minister on Saturday ruled out a military takeover a day after the East African nation declared a new state of emergency amid the worst anti-government protests in a quarter-century. The United States said it "strongly disagrees" with the new declaration that effectively bans protests, with a U.S ... He also ruled out a transitional government ... Learn more about our and . ....

One day in August 1995 a man called Foutanga Babani Sissoko walked into the head office of the Dubai Islamic Bank and asked for a loan to buy a car. The manager agreed, and Sissoko invited him home for dinner. It was the prelude, writes the BBC's Brigitte Scheffer, to one of the most audacious confidence tricks of all time. Over dinner, Sissoko made a startling claim ... With these powers, he could take a sum of money and double it ... ....

MEXICOCITY. A strong earthquake shook southern and central Mexico Friday, causing panic less than six months after two devastating quakes that killed hundreds of people. No buildings collapsed, according to early reports. But two towns near the epicenter, in the southern state of Oaxaca, reported damage and state authorities said they had opened emergency shelters ... It was also felt in the states of Guerrero, Puebla and Michoacan ... AFP ... ....

Mexico City – A military helicopter carrying officials assessing damage from a powerful earthquake crashed Friday in southern Mexico, killing 13 people and injuring 15, all of them on the ground. The Oaxaca state prosecutor’s office said in a statement that five women, four men and three children were killed at the crash site and another person died later at the hospital ...Alejandro Murat, neither of whom had serious injuries ... The U.S ... ....

LOS ANGELES – The reigning champions' honor of going last in the 3-point contest did not work well for EricGordon. After sitting through the first seven shooters, by the time he caught a rhythm on the final racks of balls, it was too late ... ....

The Padres got their man. The team and free agent first baseman Eric Hosmer have agreed to a deal, two sources said Saturday night. Terms were not available, but this will certainly be the largest monetary commitment in Padres history. The 28-year-old hit .318 with a .385 on-base percentage in ... ....

The Padres and free agent first baseman Eric Hosmer have agreed to an eight-year deal with an opt-out clause after the fifth year, reports Jon Morosi of MLB Network. Several outlets are reporting it's the largest deal in Padres history, and here's how the deal breaks down, according to Bleacher Report's Scott Miller.. Sources. Hosmer to #Padres is for 8 years, opt out after 5, front-loaded deal ... He heads to his age-28 season ... ....